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Editorial
. 2018 Jan 31;7(3):e008263.
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.008263.

Observation Versus Inpatient Stay for Heart Failure: Is It Semantics?

Umair Khalid  1 , Anita Deswal  2   3
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Editorial

Observation Versus Inpatient Stay for Heart Failure: Is It Semantics?

Umair Khalid et al. J Am Heart Assoc. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; Medicare; health policy; heart failure; hospital stay; hospitalization; inpatients.

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